According to Google’s anti-hacking division, state-sponsored hackers utilized the Halloween situation to spread malware to Internet users.
According to a Google study to combat hacking, North Korean hackers used South Korea’s fatal Halloween celebration to target Internet users with malware. On Halloween, the threat analysis group said that state-sponsored hackers had infected Microsoft Office documents with harmful malware under the appearance of a South Korean official study.
158 young people perished in the catastrophe on October 29, which happened when a large mass of Halloween revelers jammed a small lane in Itaewon’s nightlife district. The Threat Analysis Group claimed to have linked the activity to the APT37 hacking collective, which has a history of attacking South Korean users, North Korean defectors, decision-makers, journalists, and human rights advocates. The Threat Analysis Group stated that “this incidence has consistently been reported, and this practise uses the chance to interest the public in this hazard.”
Google said that it notified Microsoft of the software flaw as soon as it was discovered on October 31. On November 8, Microsoft made a patch available to address the problem. collecting money for Kim Jong-cash-strapped un’s government through Internet targeting. According to blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, North Korean hackers stole digital assets worth $840 million in the first five months of 2022, up from $400 million the previous year.
Using stolen money to bolster its illegitimate development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, Pyongyang is charged by a United Nations panel of experts charged with overseeing North Korea’s adherence to sanctions.
Three computer programmers with connections to North Korea’s military were accused by the US Department of Justice last year with scamming or stealing more than $1.3 billion in cash and bitcoin through a series of cyber-attacks since 2014. North Korea has denied conducting cyber-attacks and accused the US and its allies of “spreading destructive rumors,” but it seldom reacts to outside sources.
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